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the u.s. military is increasingly listening to. >> i think one of general mcchrystal's legacies is that the elders really felt that we were there to listen and help them. although he was called the architect of the kandahar operation, which means hope in pashto, which was supposed to materialize, he, by the means of the elders, was advised not to do this operation. >> charlie: pakistan's ambassador to the united states, and greg mortenson. next. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. ♪ >> additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg. a provider of multimedia captioning sponsored by rose cmunications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: in the first public reaction, today, to the leaking of the documents about afghanistan and pakistan, president obama said that he was concerned about the leaks but there was no new information coming from them. >> while i'm concerned about the disclosure of sensitive information from the bat
the u.s. military is increasingly listening to. >> i think one of general mcchrystal's legacies is that the elders really felt that we were there to listen and help them. although he was called the architect of the kandahar operation, which means hope in pashto, which was supposed to materialize, he, by the means of the elders, was advised not to do this operation. >> charlie: pakistan's ambassador to the united states, and greg mortenson. next. funding for charlie rose was provided...
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john kennedy had a famous run-in with the head of u.s. steel. >> rose: roger blou. >> jimmy carter had his problem with the business community. a lot of democratic presidents do-- >> rose: franklin roosevelt. >> it's not unusual for democratic presidents to have problems with the business community and republican presidents have some problems, too. the president has an opportunity i think, though, to reach out to the business community. the administration is very accessible, and the business community will come in. ening the-- >> rose: but they say he's not doing that as you know and they say there's no member of the business community in a significant position, and the-- in the administration. people would say i was in the private sector for a long time and things like that. >> in most administrations you do have some people who have either serve served as the c.e.o. of a major company or entrepreneurs or somebody who has been a professional investor. you don't see as much of that in this administration, there's no doubt about it, and be
john kennedy had a famous run-in with the head of u.s. steel. >> rose: roger blou. >> jimmy carter had his problem with the business community. a lot of democratic presidents do-- >> rose: franklin roosevelt. >> it's not unusual for democratic presidents to have problems with the business community and republican presidents have some problems, too. the president has an opportunity i think, though, to reach out to the business community. the administration is very...
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strength of this country. >> charlie: what do you worry about the most looking ahead at america, the u.s. economy,america's role in the global economy? >> my biggest concern, i think this should be the fundamental concern of all of us is to make sure that our political system -- that our leaders in washington are able to find ways to work together to solve these problems. they're not going to be solved by democrats alone. they're not going to be solved by republicans alone. >> charlie: not solved by government alone. >> absolutely not solved by government alone but what government has to make sure is the things that only government cans do, they play a central role in educating children -- >> charlie: national security. health care. >> a financial system that we create the basic fabric that allows economies to function well but again, these things require people working together and frankly, stepping back from politics sometimes and finding ways to bring creative solutions to these kind of problems and i think the biggest challenge we face is make sure that we demonstrate that our politi
strength of this country. >> charlie: what do you worry about the most looking ahead at america, the u.s. economy,america's role in the global economy? >> my biggest concern, i think this should be the fundamental concern of all of us is to make sure that our political system -- that our leaders in washington are able to find ways to work together to solve these problems. they're not going to be solved by democrats alone. they're not going to be solved by republicans alone. >>...
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he did just terrifically at pebble beach and the u.s. open and gave us all a thrill just to see him back out there where he had won all those years ago. so you can't discount tamm watson but he's also been a little disappointed. he expressed concern with what they've done to the 149 hole by lengthening it. so i don't know that tom will give us the ride that he had last year but boy was that something else and at 60 years of age, don't count him out but i wouldn't put him up amongst the favorites. >> rose: of course. what about phil mick on? >> he finished 11th in 2000 and 60th in 2005, the best finish he's had there was in '04, that wasn't at st. andrews but that's his best british open finish when he finished fourth. his game, really, isn't best suited to what goes on with the weather over there and the trajectory in the flight of his ball he could win. he loves st. andrews, he said as much all week and it's one of his favorite places to be and obviously it's one of the great places on the planet. when you think about it, charlie they'v
he did just terrifically at pebble beach and the u.s. open and gave us all a thrill just to see him back out there where he had won all those years ago. so you can't discount tamm watson but he's also been a little disappointed. he expressed concern with what they've done to the 149 hole by lengthening it. so i don't know that tom will give us the ride that he had last year but boy was that something else and at 60 years of age, don't count him out but i wouldn't put him up amongst the...
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harm. >> made it a point that wiki is not an objective news outlet but an organization that opposes u.s. policy in afghanistan, could you explain how that is relevant to the accuracy of the documents. >> i think that the -- i think that the founder of wiki leaks if i read the interviews correctly today comparing troops in afghanistan to the secret east german police is certainly something that we would fundamentally disagree with and something that has somebody that clearly has an agenda. >> rose: joining us now, two coauthors of the new york story, chief correspondent in pakistan, eric submit, the terrorism correspondent i am pleased to have both of them back on this program. what is the most damaging thing here with respect to the war? >> i think it is the volume of the documents. it is a record of a pattern of a war in afghanistan that is incredibly difficult for a number of reasons that we all know of, corruption, culture clash, in ability of the american soldiers to prosecute the war because of the deftness of the taliban, their knowledge of the terrain, their financial backing and
harm. >> made it a point that wiki is not an objective news outlet but an organization that opposes u.s. policy in afghanistan, could you explain how that is relevant to the accuracy of the documents. >> i think that the -- i think that the founder of wiki leaks if i read the interviews correctly today comparing troops in afghanistan to the secret east german police is certainly something that we would fundamentally disagree with and something that has somebody that clearly has an...